Vi Escumós de Qualitat

Score

95

"The 2013 Mas del Serral is a fascinating and unique example of a long-aged sparkling wine from Penedès. Comprising 100% Xarel·lo from Conca del Riu Anoia, it spent ten years on the lees. This golden wine showcases lychee, tangerine and green apple marmalade, contrasted by a deep layer of hazelnut, brioche and toasted bread. Dry and full of chalky energy on the palate, the finely knit bubbles are vibrant and crunchy, leading to a long-lasting finish. The 2013 has aged beautifully, which is a testament to the winemaking here."

Score

96

"The sparkling white 2013 Mas del Serral was produced with the field blend of Xarel.lo and Bastard Negre from the Mas del Serral vineyard, 1.92 hectares, that was planted between 1950 and 1954. The wine has 12.5% alcohol, with a pH of 2.91 and 7.1 grams of acidity, bone dry (1.1 grams of sugar) as a Brut Nature. It fermented in concrete egg, where it matured with lees for nine months. It was put to referment with Champagne yeasts in bottle, where it matured for 100 months. It has a complex nose of gunpowder and dry fish, iron and iodine, characterful, different, with a strong personality. It's a great white wine that happens to have bubbles. It has the elegance of the sandy soils. It's velvety, with abundant, fine bubbles and bright acidity; and 2013 was a cooler and wetter year with a mild August, so the grapes were healthy and ripened slowly and thoroughly. 2,425 bottles and 400 magnums were produced. It was disgorged in February 2024."